Word Origin & History

shah title of the king of Persia, 1564, shaw, from Pers. shah, shortened from O.Pers. xayathiya "king," cognate with Skt. xatra "dominion;" Gk. krasthai "to acquire, get," kektesthai "to possess." His wife is a shahbanu (from banu "lady"); his son is a shahzadah (from zadah "son").

Example Sentences for shah

Discovering subsequently, however, that the strangers were Christians, the shah contrived a plot for their destruction.

About the end of April an envoy from the Shah arrived at Finkenstein.

I have got two little tombs, facsimiles of Shah Jehans and his wifes, with all the same little patterns inlaid.

The Shah did this because "bostan" is the Persian word for rose garden.

They say he has been acting as minister to some ruling prince in Persia, where he killed the Shah's brother.

"So we shall have the shah of Persia," the young woman was saying.

Shah Sevar pulls up his dromedary and orders a halt in muffled tones, as though he feared that his voice might be heard in Bam.

No doubt, on the left wing, by Shah Dara, the battle had commenced.

Bostanai became the Shah's favorite, and when he grew up he was made the ruler of a province.